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I downloaded Firefox this morning and it seems to work well, so far. My only "complaint" is that double-clicking a word in the text box (when writing question/answer) will not give the blue-box translation, as Internet Explorer did (though the blue box will appear if clicked when fully posted). I do not suppose anyone has a way to get the blue-box translation to appear in the text box for Firefox, do they? It was very helpful for double-checking my work without having to always type the word into the dictionary.

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updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by danrivera

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I have firefox and the blue box translator works while I'm typing. There's a grey box that appears below the answerbox that I'm typing in and if I double click on the words in the grey box the blue translations appears smile. Although, in the white box I'm typing in the double click feature doesn't work...

updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by --Jen--
¡Qué bien! ¡Gracias! - danrivera, May 13, 2010
Jack-OBrien and PrincessJane also had great answers. Thank you! - danrivera, May 13, 2010
...and Gekkosan, too. :) - danrivera, May 13, 2010
Wow thank you for that I have to use firefox and not having .or not knowing how to use that fearture has been a pain. - ray76, May 14, 2010
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding.....

I use Firefox, and although the little 'blue box translator' doesn't work on a new post, I have my default Language in Firefox set to Spanish. So, as I'm typing a post the Spanish dictionary is 'live' and is spell checking my work. I don't know if this would help you or not. The cool thing is, you can switch back and forth between languages just by 'right clicking' anywhere on a page and selecting the new language. If you don't have it, you can download it from here

updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by Jack-OBrien
Okay. That could at least be of some help. Thanks! - danrivera, May 13, 2010
Spanish spell checker now installed - computer lessons as well as learning Spanish - great! - caza, May 14, 2010
I know how to use this now! :-) - danrivera, Jun 8, 2011
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I love Firefox, too, but I agree with you:

I'd like to be able to double-click on a word in my post and see if it's spelled correctly in Spanish.

It's weird that it works in one browser and not another.

updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by --Mariana--
Install the dictionaries and you'll be able to spell check both English and Spanish. - lazarus1907, Jun 8, 2011
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Try Google Chrome

I use the following:

Firefox

Internet Explorer

Google Chrome (my favorite)

updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by princessjane
I might have to check it out. Thanks. - danrivera, May 13, 2010
no problemo - princessjane, May 13, 2010
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A big thank you to Jack, Princess, Gekkosan, and Name for your answers. You are all accepted (hypothetically speaking). However, for the direct nature of my question, the prize will have to go to Nametaken for having the most direct answer. Many thanks!

updated May 13, 2010
edited by danrivera
posted by danrivera
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I going to try to use the double-click here and see what happens.

Nope. It didn't work, and I'm using Firefox. rolleyes

updated May 13, 2010
posted by Delores--Lindsey
Yeah, the double-click doesn't work in an active 'text box'. - Jack-OBrien, May 13, 2010
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Geez... back from the dead.

updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by Tosh
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It also works in Mozilla's SeaMonkey (which I use) and can be downloaded from here

updated Jun 8, 2011
posted by territurtle
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in my case (Mac, Firefox), the blue box comes up when double-clicking on words that are already posted, but not while writing in the "Answer" box. However, I have my spell-checker function turned on, which works even better, because it immediately underlines any misspelled (or unrecognized) words as I type.

That works very nicely indeed!

updated May 13, 2010
posted by Gekkosan
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, a post while you are writing it!!!

(when writing question/answer)

Which shows, nobody reads the text thoroughlyraspberry

I had never used that function anyway, hmmm, it does work on Chrome? yesssss, it does, interesting, well, then, no idea, jej, so todo lo que dicho sobrabaraspberry

updated May 13, 2010
posted by 00494d19
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I'm running FireFox 363 on a Mac. The bluebox works fine

updated May 13, 2010
posted by lagartijaverde
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I am using firefox for the site, the blue box is working fine for mewink

post = puesto x

(May not be accurate.

updated May 13, 2010
edited by 00494d19
posted by 00494d19
We're talking about when composing a post. The double-click feature doen't work. - --Mariana--, May 13, 2010
It works while typing the question/answer? For me, it only works after it has been submitted and posted, but not in the actual text box. - danrivera, May 13, 2010